#50 What makes good pacing in a game?

What makes good or bad pacing in a video game? Is there a reliable "just right" zone or is it just chance when it happens? We gathered 4 people who have never shipped a video game to discuss this.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 A well paced podcast
01:40 What is pacing?
08:44 Good versus bad pacing
14:53 God of War 2 (original) was paced very well
21:26 Times when story gets in the way of pacing
30:57 We've gotta talk about Death Stranding
41:54 Does pacing make or break a game?
52:07 TheCrazyEven's Patreon Question of the Week

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Kevin
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Kevin
Kevin is the owner of The Golden Bolt channel on YouTube. He's a boul.
Nicco
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Nicco
Nicco is the artist behind AllHailBuckets, his personal music project. He has a TikTok.
Sean
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Sean
Sean is the owner of the Wolfkaosaun channel on Twitch. Talk to him about Garfield.
Trav
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Trav
Trav is the owner of the That Trav Guy channel on YouTube. He T-posed once. Once.
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